Budgets and budgeting

Our relationship with money is just as personal as any other big relationship in our lives.

The financial worries of New York City in the early 1970s began registering in the bond market in October 1974, when the city first encountered difficulty selling its securities. These problems reached a crisis stage in 1976, and it was not until then that the bond rating services reduced the city’s bond rating. In this […]

Don't burn all your cash on a fancy office.

Budgeting, as most corporations practice it, should be abolished. Most other building blocks are in place, but companies continue to restrict themselves...

Managing your money doesn't have to be overwhelming.

In every industry, the cost of inertia is growing.

Corporate budgeting is a joke, and everyone knows it. It consumes a huge amount of executives' time, forcing them into endless rounds of dull meetings...

Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella + Dot, recommends a scrappy, entrepreneurial approach to budgeting--for business of all sizes.

Every financial decision you make impacts your debt.

Finance educator Tori Dunlap lays out which financial goals are best to prioritize.

Research shows it's an increasingly important form of insurance, particularly for small or vulnerable firms.

Thanks to the credit crisis, companies are scrambling for cash. Time to take a cold, hard look at the way you manage working capital.

The financial reasons for the huge growth of cloud services seem crystal clear: cloud computing simply allows us to pay for what we need only when we need it, right? But the truth is, companies adopting cloud computing often miss the risk and depth of change needed to embrace a cloud economics model as they […]

A four-step approach.

It can work, but only with a huge amount of effort.

Here’s what you can do with your money.

By utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products.

Does the real potential for shareholder value lie in more growth or extra margin? Here’s a way to determine what the market will reward—CEOs should keep this tool at their fingertips.

It's possible to come out of it more financially stable than you were before.

It's time for a more rational, disciplined, value-oriented framework.